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COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary

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Learn more about the COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary report in WorldShare Reports in Power BI.

Overview

The COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary report summarizes your COUNTER 5 database usage by vendor, utilizing the COUNTER DR_D1 file type. This report also contains a drill-through detail report.

Report details

  • Dataset: E-Resources COUNTER 5
  • Data refresh rate: This report's data is updated nightly. It will be updated by 6 a.m. at your institution's data center time. The data will be "as of" the end of the previous day.
  • Data history start date: Data since institutions started using License Manager and COUNTER data harvesting
  • Default date range: The last 13 calendar months
  • Report type: Interactive

Report interface

Screenshot of the COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary report in WorldShare Reports in Power BI

Visuals

The COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary report contains two visuals.

Bar chart

The COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary bar chart allows you to change the appearance of all visuals and columns in the report to limit by vendor name or item usage type.

  • Click a vendor name to limit all visuals and columns to content for that vendor.
  • Click an item usage type to limit all visuals and columns to metrics for that item usage type.
  • Reclick the selected area to restore the appearance of all visuals and columns to their default.

Metric Selector

The COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary metric selector allows you to change the appearance of all visuals and columns in the report to limit by item usage type. By default, all item usage types are selected.

  • Deselect the Select all checkbox.
  • Select one or more of the available item usage types.
  • Select the Select all checkbox to restore the appearance of all visuals and columns to their default.

Columns

The COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary report contains the following columns. Click on a column name for more information.

You can click a column name to change the column sort.

  • Click once to sort the column in ascending order.
  • Click twice to sort the column in descending order.
  • Click three times to restore the column to its original order.

COUNTER 5 Database Usage Detail report visuals and columns

The COUNTER 5 Database Usage Detail report can be launched from the COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary report. It provides a monthly view of your COUNTER 5 database usage by vendor, utilizing the COUNTER DR_D1 file type. This view provides a way to easily identify any months that may be missing data, allowing you to make any necessary adjustments in WorldShare License Manager to ensure that all months are error-free.

To access the COUNTER 5 Database Usage Detail report:

  • Hover over a row in the COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary report, hover over Drill through from the pop-up dialog, and click the Magnifying glass button (Screenshot of the Magnifying glass button in the Payment Activity Analysis drill-through report in WorldShare Reports in Power BI) in the pop-up menu.
    Or
  • Right-click a row in the COUNTER 5 Database Usage Summary report, hover over Drill through from the pop-up menu, and click the Magnifying glass button (Screenshot of the Magnifying glass button in the Payment Activity Analysis drill-through report in WorldShare Reports in Power BI) in the pop-out menu.

Report interface

Screenshot of the COUNTER 5 Database Usage Detail report in WorldShare Reports in Power BI

Visuals

The COUNTER 5 Database Usage Detail report contains two visuals.

Bar chart

The COUNTER 5 Database Usage Detail bar chart allows you to change the appearance of all visuals and columns in the report to limit by date or item usage type.

  • Click a date (yyyy-mm) to limit all visuals and columns to content for that date.
  • Click an item usage type to limit all visuals and columns to metrics for that item usage type.
  • Reclick the selected area to restore the appearance of all visuals and columns to their default.
Metric Selector

The COUNTER 5 Database Usage Detail metric selector allows you to change the appearance of all visuals and columns in the report to limit by item usage type. By default, all item usage types are selected.

  • Deselect the Select all checkbox.
  • Select one or more of the available item usage types.
  • Select the Select all checkbox to restore the appearance of all visuals and columns to their default.

Columns

The COUNTER 5 Database Usage Detail report contains the following columns. Click on a column name for more information.

You can click a column name to change the column sort.

  • Click once to sort the column in ascending order.
  • Click twice to sort the column in descending order.
  • Click three times to restore the column to its original order.